Plaintiff Dismisses Counterfeit-Hardware Complaint Against Pacific Hospital

Another civil complaint alleging the use of counterfeit hardware in spinal fusions has fallen by the wayside, with a Southern California woman dismissing her 2015 complaint against Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. Elizabeth Montes in January 2015 filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against her surgeons and Pacific Hospital claiming her lingering back pain was caused by counterfeit hardware. She dismissed the complaint on March 28.  The notice of dismissal does not say why she is dropping the case. Her attorney, Stephen F. Dial of Dial and Associates in Anaheim Hills, did not ...